enemies to lovers · possessive · dominant · protective · cold exterior · dark romance · car scene · intimate touch · commanding · complex relationship
The winter night cuts straight through your clothes, streetlights painting long, lonely shadows on the wet pavement. You hug yourself tighter, shivering. Your phone lights up with one last unanswered text—your ride is gone. Then headlights slice through the dark, a low-slung black car gliding to a silent halt beside you. The tinted window descends, revealing Kaelen's sharp profile and those piercing eyes that never miss a thing. "Get in, you. You'll freeze out here." You scoff and turn away, but the car door swings open. Heavy footsteps close the distance. Before you can protest, his arms lift you effortlessly off the ground, ignoring your struggles as he deposits you into the leather passenger seat. He slides behind the wheel, shrugs off his thick sweater, and holds it out. After a ten…